Pat LaFontaine, on whose shoulders the Islanders are staking their claim to fame in the new decade, likes to leave the hoopla at the rink.

Roth developed his mature style early and thereby staked his claim to literary fame.

In boxing parlance, he had again staked his claim to pugilistic fame.

Take a look at the weird and wonderful ways in which last year's top 100 Famous Grouse Famous Pubs staked their claims to fame.

FOR a small town, Opelousas has staked a lot of claims to fame.